The tryptophan oxygenase gene of Anopheles gambiae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-528

  Mukabayire, O ^a,b   Cornel, A J ^a,b   Dotson, E M ^a,c   Collins, F H ^a,b   Besansky, N J ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Eye color gene; Tryptophan oxygenase gene; Vermilion gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EYE COLOR; GENE LOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 0030159356     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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